Master the AP®️ Lit FRQ1 in 10 Minutes at a Time.
Stop scouring the internet for “FRQ-able” poems. Get a curated poem, 4 daily analysis bell-ringers, and a custom AP-style prompt delivered to your inbox every week that will improve your students’ scores on the AP Lit FRQ1.
Preparing students for the Poetry Free Response Question doesn’t have to be hard. And it doesn’t have to mean 1000s of the essays to grade.
MTE Poem of the Week has everything you need to prep your students in 10-15 minutes a day.
Daily Practice Makes a Difference
You want your students to stop being intimidated by poetry, but finding the right text and writing fresh prompts every Sunday night is exhausting. You’ve got enough on your plate. Let me do the heavy lifting for you with MTE Poem of the Week.
- Diverse, complex poems curated for the AP®️ level.
- 4 Daily Bell Ringers that build analysis skills (Devices, Structure, Tone, and Meaning).
- A Friday AP®️ Lit FRQ1-style Prompt (Thesis, Paragraph, or Essay ready).
- Perfect for digital or print-and-go classrooms.
Start Each Class With Confidence
without sleepless nights or long after school hours
- Are you scrambling to set up your warm ups everyday?
- Are your warm ups meaningless time fillers?
- Do your students wander into class without purpose or direction?
- Is there pressure for your students to do better on standardized tests like the AP® exams?
- Do your students complain that they "hate" or "don't get" poetry?
- Do your student need help writing more complex thesis statements?
you could
- Decide once and create routines that you can use EVERY SINGLE DAY.
- Establish a warm up routine that adds to your classes for the outcome the year.
- Be ready for your students to get to work immediately.
- Encourage meaningful test prep that doesn't feel like test prep.
Your Subscription Gets You
Daily Prompts
Four daily prompts tied to one poem that encourages rereading for deeper analysis. Prompts build on each other as the week progresses.
Weekly Writing Prompts
Weekly writing prompts are modeled after the AP®️ Lit FRQ1 (the AP®️ Lit Poetry Essay). Choose to have your students write just a thesis, a body paragraph or a full essay.
What teachers are saying about Poem of the Week for AP Lit FRQ1
a lifesaver
This resource has been a lifesaver! The materials are well-organized and easy to use, saving me countless hours of planning. My lessons are now more efficient and engaging, thanks to this fantastic product.--the Ink Stained Classroom
high quality materials
I purchased this for exam review sessions and it's full of high-quality material that I don't have to prep. It's the perfect balance of information plus practice activities. Thank you!! --Erika D.
poetry growth mindset
I have been using the poem of the week with my AP Lit students to help close the gap they have in poetry. When we first began, my students read a poem and automatically said, "I don't know what that means." As we review poems three days a week, they are slowly getting more comfortable reading poetry and learning how to embrace the struggle. I am confident that this is helping my students get past the block they have in their minds and establishing a growth mindset for reading poetry.--Beske
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Frequently Asked Questions
You will have immediate access to 10 AP®️ English bell ringers, Thesis Cheat Sheet and Quick Start Masterclass. Then, each Monday you will get access to a new carefully curated bell ringer.
The great thing about your “Of the Week” subscription is that they can be used in a variety of ways: they can be exit tickets, formative assessments, filler activities or even sub plans.
With a subscription, you begin with access to 10 bell ringers and each subsequent week, you get a new one. The longer you stay the more you have in your archive. In the Pencils and Prologues Membership, you get immediate access to everything that is in the library which includes the same bell ringers in the subscription plus theme based unit plans, anchor charts, task cards and much, much more.
The subscription is like going out for breakfast and ordering a cup of coffee with eggs. The Membership is going out for a brunch buffet.
No, everything that is included the subscription is also included in Pencils and Prologues.
You will find most materials in the form of PDFs which you access through ThriveCart.
TPT gives you a finite product. The subscription gives you access to exclusive carefully curated materials designed specifically for AP®️ English students delivered to you weekly.
Think about it like purchasing a magazine. With TPT, you are purchasing one issue from the newsstand. With MTE Poem of the Week, you are getting weekly issues delivered to you (via. the website).
Materials in this subscription are designed specifically for AP®️ English students.
They may work for other levels of high school English; however, I have been told by teachers who have tried it that it takes longer than the ideal bell ringer length of time. Look for a Non-AP®️ subscription in the future.
It is easy to cancel. With just a few clicks you will be able to stop payment.
I want you to be happy, so if you decide the membership is not right for you, it should be easy to leave and it should be easy to come back.
On Day One you begin with:
- 10 Bell Ringers
- Bonus Masterclass
- Bonus Anchor Charts
In the future you get:
- One additional bell ringer added each
- Quarterly Bonuses